SpaceX aborted a countdown on Thursday as a result of a helium leak. Another launch attempt scheduled for Friday was cancelled to give more time for vehicle checkouts.
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Did The Falcon 9 Launch Today?
The Falcon 9 rocket was launched by SpaceX on Thursday October, 27, 2022, from a Southern California base.
What Is Space X And Why Did Elon Musk Set It Up?
SpaceX is an American company that manufactures spacecrafts and is owned by Elon Musk.
The company which is headquartered in Hawthorne, California, was founded twenty years ago by with the sole aim of cutting down cost of space transportation costs.
Also, Elon Musk was looking at increasing public interest in exploration, as well as providing a science base on Mars.
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Musk seeks to transport satellites into low-Earth orbit, astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station and all kinds of missions to the Moon.
However, his ultimate goal is to use Starship to move people and goods to Mars and establish a society there.
SpaceX had launched 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 6:14 p.m. PT.
The Starlink broadband satellites landed on a ship at sea.
The launch took place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, without any record of malfunctions or mishap.
The company now ranks number two on the list of NASA’s top vendors.
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